2019 World Snooker Championship, Coverage
The 2019 World Snooker Championship was broadcast live in the United Kingdom by BBC Television and BBC Online, as well as on Eurosport. Internationally, the event was broadcast by DAZN in Canada and the United States, by SKY in New Zealand, and by Now TV in Hong Kong.


2019 World Snooker Championship, Coverage
World Snooker live streamed the event internationally on Facebook, doing so for the second time. Coverage of the qualifying rounds was also live streamed on Facebook, Eurosport Player and selected betting sites.


2019 World Snooker Championship, Coverage
In Scotland, the BBC was criticised for showing the World Championship on BBC Scotland, rather than a speech by Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon on Scottish independence. The BBC defended the decision, explaining that the speech had been broadcast live on its BBC Scotland news website.


2019 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The 2019 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held at the Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from 23 to 24 February 2019.


2019 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Men
The Men competition at the 2019 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held on 23 and 24 February 2019.


2019 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Women
The Women competition at the 2019 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held on 23 and 24 February 2019.


2019 World Surf League
The 2019 World Surf League was the competition series hosted by the World Surf League, the global championship body for competitive surfing. The 2019 World Surf League consisted of the Championship Tour (shortboard tour), the Qualifying Series (shortboard and longboard), Big Wave Tour, Longboard Tour, Junior Tour, and other specialty tours and events such as the Vans Triple Crown.


2019 World Surf League
The Annual World Surf League Champion Tour is a professional shortboarding surf tour run by the World Surf League (WSL), formerly known as the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) prior to 2014.


2019 World Surf League
The Championship tour is divided by gender into the Men’s and Women’s championship series. The 2019 tour consisted of 11 Men’s events and 10 Women’s events. The placings from each event for each competitor are used to determine, at the conclusion of the tour, the overall female and male champions for 2019, referred to by the league as World Champions.


2019 World Surf League
The 2019 tour began in April and ended in December, travelling to the global locations of Australia, Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa, America, France, Portugal, Hawaii and Tahiti. In 2019 the female world champion was Carissa Moore, from Hawaii, and the male world champion was Italo Ferreira, from Brazil.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Men's Championship Tour, Quicksilver Pro
The Quicksilver Pro 2019 was held in the Gold Coast, Queensland at Coolangatta. The male competition was won by Brazilian surfer Italo Ferreria (Brazil), who beat competitor Kolohe Andino (USA) by 0.14ths.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Men's Championship Tour, Rip Curl Pro
The Rip Curl Pro was held at Bells Beach in Victoria, Australia from the 17–27 April. It was won by John John Florence (Hawaii), defeating Filipe Toledo (Brazil).


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Men's Championship Tour, Corona Bali Protected
The Corona Bali Protected was the third stop of the men's championship tour in 2019, taking place between the 13–25 May in Bali, Indonesia. Kanoa Igarashi (Japan) won this event, defeating Jeremy Flores (France) in the final.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Men's Championship Tour, Margaret River Pro
The Margaret River Pro took place in Western Australia from the 29 May to 4 June. John John Florence (Hawaii) defeated Kolohe Andino (USA) to win the event.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Men's Championship Tour, Rio Pro
The Oi Rio Pro took place in Saquarema, Rio De Janeiro from the 20–23 June 2019. Filipe Toledo (Brazil) defeated Jordy Smith (South Africa) to win the event with a score in the final of 18.04.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Men's Championship Tour, J-Bay Open
The Corona Open J-Bay took place at Jeffery's Bay, South Africa, from the 9 to the 19th July. Gabriel Medina (Brazil) defeated Italo Ferreia (Brazil) for the event win.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Men's Championship Tour, Tahiti Pro
The Tahiti Pro Teahupo'o took place at Teahupo'o in Tahiti, French Polynesia from the 24–29 August. Owen Wright (Australia) defeated Gabriel Medina (Brazil) in the final, with a total score of 17.07.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Men's Championship Tour, Freshwater Pro
The Freshwater Pro was held from the 19–24 September at the Surf Ranch, in Lemoore, California. Gabriel Medina (Brazil) won the event with a total score of 18.86, defeating Filipe Toledo (Brazil).


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Men's Championship Tour, Quicksilver Pro France
The Quicksilver Pro France took place from the 3 to 11 October at Capbreton, Hossegor and Seignosse, Landes, France. Jeremy Flores (France) won the event, defeating Italo Ferreria in the final.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Men's Championship Tour, RipCurl Pro Portugal
The MEO RipCurl Pro Portugal took place from the 16–28 October at Supertubos, Peniche. Italo Ferreria (Brazil) defeated Jordy Smith (South Africa) in the final.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Men's Championship Tour, Pipe Masters
The Billabong Pipe Masters is the penultimate event of the men's championship tour, taking place from the 9–19 December in 2019. Italo Ferreria (Brazil) defeated Gabriel Medina (Brazil) in the final, while also securing the 2019 World Title.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Men's Championship Tour, 2019 Men's Championship Tour Jeep Leaderboard
Point values are shown using European thousands separators; most English-speaking countries would write these numbers as 10,000 for first place, 7,800 for 2nd place, and so on.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Women's Championship Tour, Boost Mobile Pro Gold Coast
The Boost Mobile Pro Gold Coast was the first event in the women's championship tour in 2019. It was held on the Gold Coast, and Caroline Marks (USA) defeated Carissa Moore (Hawaii) for the event win.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Women's Championship Tour, Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach
The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach was held from April 17–27, at Bells Beach in Victoria, Australia. Courtney Conologue (USA) won the event, defeating Malia Manuel (Hawaii) in the final.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Women's Championship Tour, Corona Bali Protected
The Corona Bali Protected was held in Bali, Indonesia from the 13–25 May. Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) won the event, defeating Sally Fitzgibbons (Australia) with a score of 16.83.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Women's Championship Tour, Margaret River Pro
The 2019 Margaret River Pro was held at Margaret River Main Break, in Western Australia, from the 29 May- 9 June. Lakey Peterson (Australia) won the event, defeating Tatiana Weston Webb (Brazil) in the final.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Women's Championship Tour, Oi Rio Pro
The Oi Rio Pro took place in Saquarema, Rio De Janeiro from the 20–28 June 2019. Sally Fitzgibbons (Australia) won this event, defeating Carissa Moore (Hawaii) in the final.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Women's Championship Tour, Corona Open J-Bay
The Corona Open J-Bay was held from the 9–22 July at Jefferys Bay, South Africa. Carissa Moore (Hawaii) defeated Lakey Peterson (USA) in the final to win the event.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Women's Championship Tour, Freshwater Pro
The Freshwater Pro was held from the 19–21 September at the Surf Ranch, in Lemoore, California. Lakey Peterson (USA) was the winner of this event.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Women's Championship Tour, Roxy Pro France
The Roxy Pro France was held from the 3–13 October at Capbreton, Hossegor, Seignosse, and Landes in France. Carissa Moore (Hawaii) defeated Caroline Marks (USA) to win the event.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Women's Championship Tour, MEO RipCurl Pro Portugal
The MEO RipCurl Pro Portugal was held from the 16–28 October in Peniche, Portugal. Caroline Marks (USA) defeated Lakey Peterson (USA) to win the event.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Women's Championship Tour, lululemon Maui Pro
The Maui Pro was the penultimate event of the women's championship tour in 2019. It was held from the 25 November to the 6 December in Honolulu Bay, in Maui, Hawaii. Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) defeated Tyler Wright (Australia) to win the event.


2019 World Surf League, 2019 Women's Championship Tour, 2019 Women's Championship Tour Jeep Leaderboard
Point values are shown using European thousands separators; most English-speaking countries would write these numbers as 10,000 for first place, 7,800 for 2nd place, and so on.


2019 World Surf League, Olympic Qualification
For the first time in Olympic history surfing will be included in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The WSL 2019 Tour, in conjunction with other events, will be used for Olympic qualification for the 2020 Olympics.


2019 World Surf League, Olympic Qualification
In an agreement reached by the International Surfing Association and the WSL, it was decided that of the 40 places in the Olympic games, 20 would be determined from the ISA World Surfing games, 18 from the WSL (10 men 8 women) and the remaining 2 for the host nation.


2019 World Surf League, Olympic Qualification, 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The following surfers qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics through the WSL;


2019 World Surf League, Olympic Qualification, 2020 Tokyo Olympics
1 Represented Hawaii in the 2019 WSL, Qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.


2019 World Surf League, Changes to 2019 season, Competition Format
The competition format of the 2019 Championship Tour was changed from previous years. In 2019, all competitors were to compete in a Seeding Round. From this seeding round, the two highest scoring surfers in each heat advance to round of 32, and the lowest placed surfer competes in an elimination round. In the elimination round heats, the top two surfers from each heat progress to the round of 32, while the losing four are eliminated. A single elimination format is then used from the Round of 32, with only the heat winner advancing.


2019 World Surf League, Changes to 2019 season, Prize Money
2018 saw 36 Male surfers compete for $607,800 across the tour, while the 18 women on tour were competing for $303,900. In individual events such as the 2018 RipCurl pro, the Male winner Italo Ferreira was awarded $100,000 while the female winner, Stephanie Gilmore, was awarded $65,000. The WSL announced on the 5 September 2018 that female and male surfers, from the 2019 tour onwards, would receive equal prize money.


2019 World Surf League, Changes to 2019 season, Prize Money
This was partnered with three initiatives by the WSL to elevate and enhance equality in female surfing, including; increased marketing of the women’s tour, a “local community engagement program for girls around the world” structured around the world tour events, and “a monthly content series” about the history of female surfing. This change has been recognised as a “wider push to challenge gender norms and improve the status of women across sport industries globally”.


2019 World Surf League, Changes to 2019 season, Prize Money
An article on the topic found that “female surfers will likely be encouraged to pursue surfing as a professional sport, knowing that the financial cost of their attempts to reach the championship tour will be less daunting” as while professional tour surfers are often supported by sponsors and investors, it is the women on the qualifying tour who must fund their own efforts to go professional.


2019 World Surf League, Changes to 2019 season, Prize Money
This has further been recognised as part of ongoing cultural change with regards to gender equality and social justice not only in sport but in the global community, with it argued that “the voices and experiences of athletes” form critical part of progressive movement. Kelly Slater stated that “the women on the tour deserve this change. I'm so proud that surfing is choosing to lead sports in equality and fairness. The female WSL athletes are equally committed to their craft as the male athletes and should be paid the same.


2019 World Surf League, Changes to 2019 season, Prize Money
Surfing has always been a pioneering sport, and this serves as an example of that." Stephanie Gilmore stated “the prize money is fantastic, but the message means even more. From the moment current ownership became involved, the situation for the women surfers has been transformed for the better in every way”, and that she hoped this change would serve “as a model for other sports, global organizations and society as a whole”.


2019 World Surf League, Changes to 2019 season, WSL Pure
WSL Pure is the philanthropic branch of the WSL, focusing on ocean health and sustainability. The WSL Pure campaign made three commitments to be completed by the end of 2019.


2019 World Surf League, Changes to 2019 season, WSL Pure, Commitment to eliminate single use plastic
The WSL pledged to remove the usage of single-serve plastics from their events by the end of 2019 in light of their impact on the marine environment. This is due to the breakdown of these single use plastics into microparticles, which bioaccumulate, shown in studies that found 83% of the worlds drinking water is contaminated with microplastic


2019 World Surf League, Changes to 2019 season, WSL Pure, Commitment to becoming carbon neutral
The WSL made the commitment to become carbon neutral by the end of 2019, as the movement of surfers globally to compete and spectate WSL events leaves a substantial carbon footprint. WSL pure pledged to reinvest “the cost of our tour’s carbon footprint into projects that safeguard marine life”.


2019 World Surf League, Changes to 2019 season, WSL Pure, Commitment to coast environment protection
The WSL further made the commitment to protecting the environments where they hold events. The WSL stated that from trampling over sand dunes, to sunscreen bleaching reefs, wherever we travel, humans leave their mark and our coastal communities are continually feeling this pressure”. They aim to alleviate and help mitigate this human impact. This includes protecting dunes, ensuring adequate trash removal, the use of reef-safe sunscreen, following local instruction to protect sensitive habitats and donating to local organisations.


2019 World Table Tennis Championships
The 2019 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 21 to 28 April 2019. It was the 55th edition of the championships, and the fourth time that they were held in Budapest.


2019 World Table Tennis Championships, Schedule
Five events were contested, with qualification rounds taking place on 21 and 22 April.


2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
The Men's doubles competition of the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 22 to 27 April 2019. Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin were the defending champions but neither of them competed this year.


2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Ma Long and Wang Chuqin won the title after defeating Ovidiu Ionescu and Álvaro Robles 11–3, 8–11, 11–7, 11–3, 11–5.


2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
The Men's singles competition of the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 23 to 28 April 2019.


2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Ma Long defended his title by defeating Mattias Falck 11–5, 11–7, 7–11, 11–9, 11–5 in the final.


2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
The Mixed doubles competition of the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 22 to 26 April 2019. Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa were the defending champions. Ishikawa initially teamed up with Tomokazu Harimoto, but Harimoto was replaced by Yoshimura due to an injury.


2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen won the title after defeating Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa 11–5, 11–8, 9–11, 11–9, 11–4.


2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
The Women's doubles competition of the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 22 to 28 April 2019. Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen were the defending champions but neither of them competed this year.


2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu won the final by defeating Hina Hayata and Mima Ito 8–11, 3–11, 11–8, 11–,3, 12–10, 11–8.


2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
The Women's singles competition of the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 23 to 27 April 2019. Ding Ning was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals.


2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Liu Shiwen won the title after defeating Chen Meng 9–11, 11–7, 11–7, 7–11, 11–0, 11–9. Later in a sit down interview with CCTV, Liu stated that she expected Chen to take an early lead since she had a technical advantage, but Liu felt she had a psychological advantage due to her two finals experiences and extreme desire to win.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships
The 2019 World Taekwondo Championships was the 24th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships and was held at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, Great Britain from 15 to 19 May 2019.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships
This was the first time the UK has held the event.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's bantamweight
The men's bantamweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 18 and 19 May. Bantamweights were limited to a maximum of 63 kilograms in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's featherweight
The men's featherweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 16 and 17 May. Featherweights were limited to a maximum of 68 kilograms in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's finweight
The men's finweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 16 and 17 May. Finweights were limited to a maximum of 54 kilograms (119.05 pounds; 8.5 stones) in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's flyweight
The men's flyweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 15 and 16 May. Flyweights were limited to a maximum of 58 kilograms in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's heavyweight
The men's heavyweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 19 May. Heavyweights were limited to a minimum of 87 kilograms in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's lightweight
The men's lightweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 17 and 18 May. Lightweights were limited to a maximum of 74 kilograms in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's middleweight
The men's middleweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 19 May. Heavyweights were limited to a maximum of 87 kilograms in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's welterweight
The men's welterweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 18 and 19 May. Welterweights were limited to a maximum of 80 kilograms in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's bantamweight
The Women's bantamweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 18 and 19 May. Bantamweight were limited to a maximum of 53 kilograms in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's featherweight
The women's featherweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 17 and 18 May. Featherweights were limited to a maximum of 57 kilograms in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's finweight
The women's finweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 15 and 16 May. Finweights were limited to a maximum of 46 kilograms (101.4 pounds; 7.24 stones) in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's flyweight
The women's flyweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 17 and 18 May. Flyweights were limited to a maximum of 49 kilograms in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's heavyweight
The women's heavyweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 16 and 17 May. Heavyweights were limited to a minimum of 73 kilograms in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's lightweight
The women's lightweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 19 May. Lightweights were limited to a maximum of 62 kilograms in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's middleweight
The women's middleweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 15 and 16 May. Middleweights were limited to a maximum of 73 kilograms in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's welterweight
The women's welterweight is a competition featured at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on 18 and 19 May. Welterweights were limited to a maximum of 67 kilograms in body mass.


2019 World Taekwondo Grand Prix
The 2019 World Taekwondo Grand Prix was the 7th edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Prix series.


2019 World Taekwondo Grand Prix
The Grand Prix Final in Moscow served as qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the winners from each category earned their NOCs a qualification.


2019 World Taekwondo Grand Slam
The 2019 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 3rd edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series taking place from 18-20 December in Wuxi, China.


2019 World Taekwondo Grand Slam, Events schedule
The competition was held from 18 December to 20 December.


2019 World Team Challenge
The 18th World Team Challenge 2019 (officially: Joka Classic Biathlon World Team Challenge auf Schalke 2019) was a biathlon competition, that was held at December 28, 2019, at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.


2019 World Team Challenge, Format of competition
The competition was held in two stages: mass start and pursuit.


2019 World Team Challenge, Participants
20 sportsmen (10 male, 10 female) competed as mixed teams. 9 different countries were represented at this event.


2019 World Team Trophy (cue sports)
The 2019 World Team Trophy was a team cue sports event, held in Roissy-en-France, Paris, France. The event was held between 11–12 March 2019. The event sees teams of three players from different disciplines compete in the disciplines of pool, snooker and carrom. The event saw both a men's and women's tournament. The tournament received teams from France, Europe, Asia and Rest of the World.


2019 World Team Trophy (cue sports)
The event was won by Team Europe in the men's competition, whilst Asia won the women's competition. The event was the first tournament of its kind, with all three disciplines being played across tables simultaneously.


2019 World TeamTennis season
The 2019 World TeamTennis season was the 44th season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.


2019 World TeamTennis season
The Springfield Lasers defeated the New York Empire in the WTT Finals to defend the King Trophy as WTT champions.


2019 World TeamTennis season, Competition format
The 2019 World TeamTennis season included eight teams. Each team played a 14-match regular-season schedule with seven home and seven away matches. The top four teams in the regular season (14–31 July) qualified for the World TeamTennis playoffs at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, with the semifinals on 2 August and the WTT Finals on 3 August. The winner of the WTT Finals was awarded the King Trophy.


2019 World TeamTennis season, Standings
The top four teams qualified for the 2019 WTT Semifinals.


2019 World TeamTennis season, Statistical leaders
The table below shows the WTT team and the player who had the highest regular-season winning percentages in each of the league's five events. Only players who played in at least 40% of the total number of games played by their team in a particular event are eligible to be listed.


2019 World Touring Car Cup
The 2019 World Touring Car Cup was the second season of the World Touring Car Cup and 15th overall of the series, which dates back to the 2005 World Touring Car Championship.


2019 World Touring Car Cup
The drivers' championship was won by Norbert Michelisz. The teams' championship was won by Cyan Racing Lynk & Co.


2019 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
Cyan Racing are set to make a return to the series with the all-new Lynk & Co 03 TCR after missing the 2018 season. Thed Björk was the first driver announced by the team. 2018 runner-up Yvan Muller was confirmed on 18 November 2018. Triple World Touring Car Champion winner Andy Priaulx will be making his return to the series with the team after 9-year absence. Yann Ehrlacher was the final driver to be announced by the team on 19 December 2018. M Racing–YMR, which was supported by Cyan Racing, was disbanded with M Racing (responsible for running the cars on behalf of YMR) moving to the TCR Europe Touring Car Series.


2019 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
Nick Catsburg and Augusto Farfus are set to drive for BRC Racing Team alongside series champion Gabriele Tarquini and Norbert Michelisz. To meet series regulations the team will be split into two entities of two cars with Tarquini and Michelisz racing under the BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse banner, while Farfus and Catsburg will race under the BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Racing Team banner. Farfus last raced in the series in 2010 while Catsburg last raced in the series in 2017.


2019 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship and 2018 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship winner Johan Kristoffersson is set to make series debut driving Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR, prepared by Sébastien Loeb Racing joining Robert Huff and Mehdi Bennani. Benjamin Leuchter was announced as the fourth driver for the team on 30 January 2018.


2019 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
Néstor Girolami will make his series comeback joining ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport alongside Esteban Guerrieri, replacing Yann Ehrlacher. The team also scaled down to two cars as the series' rules do not allow teams to run more than two cars. Timo Scheider, who drove for the team during the second half of the 2018 season, left the series, but will keep his association with the team in the FIA World Rallycross Championship.


2019 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
After making one-off appearances for Boutsen Ginion Racing in 2018, Ma Qing Hua is set to make his full season return with Team Mulsanne, joining Kevin Ceccon, who drove for the team during the second half of the 2018 season.


2019 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
2018 ADAC TCR Germany third-place finisher Niels Langeveld is set to join Audi Sport Team Comtoyou joining Frédéric Vervisch, while Gordon Shedden and Jean-Karl Vernay will remain with Audi Sport Leopard Team WRT. The second team entered by Comtoyou – Comtoyou Racing – will switch from Audi RS 3 LMS TCR to CUPRA León TCR as the series do not allow more than four cars per manufacturer. Aurélien Panis will remain the team and will be joined by Tom Coronel, who moves from Boutsen Ginion Racing while keeping his association with the team in the TCR Europe Touring Car Series. Denis Dupont, who raced for Audi Sport Team Comtoyou last season, will remain with the Comtoyou team in the 2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series, but he confirmed withdrawal from the TCR Europe Touring Car Series on the 17 April.


2019 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series teams' winners KCMG will enter the series, replacing Boutsen Ginion Racing, who later switched to the TCR Europe Touring Car Series, as the second Honda team. Tiago Monteiro will join the team alongside Attila Tassi, the 2017 TCR International Series runner-up and 4th placed in the 2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series. Josh Files, who drove for the team in the 2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series, left the team to join Target Competition in the same series.


2019 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
2018 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship teams' winners PWR Racing will enter the series with support from Comtoyou Racing, replacing Campos Racing as the second CUPRA team. 2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series winner Mikel Azcona and 2018 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship third-place finisher and team co-owner Daniel Haglöf will drive for the team. Campos Racing drivers – Pepe Oriola and John Filippi – left the series with Oriola joining Indigo Racing in the TCR Asia Series, while Filippi will race for Vuković Motorsport in the TCR Europe Touring Car Series.


2019 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
Zengő Motorsport, which also ran CUPRA cars last season, also switched to TCR Europe Touring Car Series. DG Sport Compétition will also switch to TCR Europe Touring Car Series with Aurélien Comte after Peugeot Sport reduced its support for the 308 TCR. Maťo Homola left the team to join Target Competition in the TCR Europe Touring Car Series.


2019 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes, Mid-season changes
Augusto Farfus will skip the Guia Race of Macau due to clashing commitments with FIA GT World Cup held on the same weekend. As the series do not allow drivers race in different event held at the same weekend, he will be replaced at BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team by Luca Engstler, who had previously raced as wildcard entry at the Slovakiaring for Hyundai Team Engstler.


2019 World Touring Car Cup, Calendar
The 2019 championship is due to be contested over thirty rounds in Europe, Africa and East Asia.


2019 World Touring Car Cup, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2019 World Touring Car Cup, Championship standings, Teams' championship
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held in Pattaya, Thailand from 18 to 27 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships
On September 12, Egypt was banned from competing at these Championships due to multiple doping offenses. The host nation, Thailand, was also banned from the Championships for the same reason.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +109 kg
The men's +109 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 27 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +109 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 102 kg
The men's 102 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 25 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 102 kg
The "world standards" were established by the International Weightlifting Federation as the minimum lifts that would be recognized as new world records after the prior world records were discarded in a reorganization of the weight categories. They have yet to be achieved in competition.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 102 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 109 kg
The men's 109 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 25 and 26 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 109 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 55 kg
The men's 55 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 18 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 55 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 61 kg
The men's 61 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 18 and 19 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 61 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 67 kg
The men's 67 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 19 and 20 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 67 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 73 kg
The men's 73 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 21 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 73 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 81 kg
The men's 81 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 21 and 22 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 81 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows. Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 89 kg
The men's 89 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 23 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 89 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 96 kg
The men's 96 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 23 and 24 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 96 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +87 kg
The women's +87 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 26 and 27 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +87 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 45 kg
The women's 45 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 18 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 45 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 49 kg
The women's 49 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 18 and 19 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 49 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 49 kg, New records
* Not a world record at the time of the competition


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 55 kg
The women's 55 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 19 and 20 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 55 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 59 kg
The women's 59 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 20 and 21 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 59 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 64 kg
The women's 64 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 21 and 22 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 64 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 71 kg
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2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 71 kg
The women's 71 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 23 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 71 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 76 kg
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2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 76 kg
The women's 76 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 24 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 76 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 81 kg
The women's 81 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 25 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 81 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 87 kg
The women's 87 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held from 24 to 26 September 2019.


2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 87 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
The 2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championships were held at The Peak in Stirling, Scotland from 3-10 March 2019.


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Mark IdesonThird: Collinda JosephSecond: Jon ThurstonLead: Marie WrightAlternate: Ina ForrestCoach: Wayne Kiel


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Wang HaitaoThird: Zhang MingliangSecond: Xu XinchenLead: Yan ZhouAlternate: Zhang QiangCoach: Li Jianrui


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Viljar VillisteThird: Andrei KoitmaeSecond: Ain VillauLead: Signe FalkenbergAlternate: Lauri MurasovCoach: Erkki Lill, Sulev Lokk


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Christiane PutzichThird: Harry PavelSecond: Wolf MeissnerLead: Heike MelchiorAlternate: Melanie KurthCoach: Helmar Erlewein, Jamie Boutin


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Poļina RožkovaThird: Sergejs DjačenkoSecond: Agris LasmansLead: Ojārs BriedisCoach: Arnis Veidemanis, Signe Rinkule


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Rune LorentsenThird: Jostein StordahlSecond: Ole Fredrik SyversenLead: Sissel LøchenAlternate: Rikke IversenCoach: Peter Dahlman


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andrey SmirnovThird: Marat RomanovSecond: Alexander ShevchenkoLead: Daria ShchukinaAlternate: Andrei MeshcheriakovCoach: Anton Batugin, Margarita Nesterova


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Hugh NibloeSkip: Aileen NeilsonSecond: David MelroseLead: Robert McPhersonAlternate: Gary LoganCoach: Sheila Swan


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Radoslav ĎurišThird: Dušan PitoňákSecond: Imrich LyócsaLead: Monika KunkelováAlternate: Peter ZaťkoCoach: Frantisek Pitonak, Milan Bubenik


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Yang Hui-taeThird: Seo Soon-seokSkip: Cha Jin-hoLead: Bang Min-jaAlternate: Min Byeong-seokCoach: Beak Jong-chul, Kim Seok-hyun


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Raymond PfyfferThird: Hans BurgenerSecond: Eric DecorvetLead: Françoise JaquerodAlternate: Adelah Al RoumiCoach: Stephan Pfister, Anne Gabriele Mittaz


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Steve EmtThird: Matt ThumsSecond: David SamsaLead: Pam WilsonAlternate: Meghan LinoCoach: Rusty Schieber, Ann Swisshelm


2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±0).


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship
The 2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship were held from November 27 to December 2 in Lohja, Finland. The championship was used to qualify three teams for the 2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship in Wetzikon, Switzerland.


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship
In the final, Canada defeated Sweden by a score of 6-1. This meant Canada, Sweden and bronze medal winners Czech Republic all qualified for the 2020 World Championships.


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Jon ThurstonThird: Ina ForrestSecond: Marie WrightSkip: Mark IdesonAlternate: Dennis ThiessenCoach: Wayne Kiel


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Radek MusílekSkip: Dana SelnekovičováSecond: Martin TlukLead: Jana BřinčilováAlternate: Štěpán BenešCoach: Helena Barkmanova, Kateřina Urbanová


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Kenneth ØrbækThird: Helle ChristiansenSecond: Jack BrendleLead: Michael JensenAlternate: Sussie NielsenCoach: Per Christensen


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Stewart PimblettSkip: Rosemary LentonSecond: Edward BidgoodLead: Paul SimmonsCoach: Tony Lenton


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Harri TuomaalaSkip: Juha RajalaSecond: Teemu KlasilaLead: Riitta SärösaloAlternate: Pekka PälsynahoCoach: Vesa Kokko


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Christiane PutzichThird: Burkhard MöllerSecond: Wolf MeissnerLead: Heike MelchiorAlternate: Melanie SpielmannCoach: Helmar Erlewein, Jamie Boutin


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Péter BarkócziSkip: Viktor BekeSecond: Anikó SasadiLead: Rita SáraiCoach: Olivér Kerekes


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Egidio MarcheseSkip: Paolo IoriattiSecond: Gabriele DallapiccolaLead: Anglea MenardiAlternate: Orietta BertoCoach: Violetta Caldart, Amanda Bianchi


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Takashi SakatayaThird: Kazuhiro KashiwabaraSecond: Tsutomu IwataLead: Kana MatsudaAlternate: Hiromi TakahashiCoach: Tsutomu Kobayashi, Hiroya Sato


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andrej DaškevičThird: Jurij SavickijSecond: Jevgenijus PyževskisLead: Reda PociūtėCoach: Arnis Veidemanis


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Antoni PardoThird: Mariusz WłodarskiSkip: Michał DaszkowskiLead: Joanna KozakiewiczAlternate: Łukasz WaszekCoach: Jeremi Telak


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Robert ŽerovnikSkip: Žiga BajdeSecond: Jože KlemenLead: Jovita JegličCoach: Gregor Verbinc


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Viljo Petersson-DahlThird: Mats-Ola EngborgSecond: Ronny PerssonLead: Kristina UlanderAlternate: Zandra ReppeCoach: Alison Kreviazuk, Peter Narup


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Züleyha BingölThird: Kenan CoşkunSecond: Turan AkalınSkip: Savaş ŞimşekAlternate: Deren ÖzgenCoach: Gökçe Ulugay, Soner Doğan


2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Stephen EmtThird: Matthew ThumsSecond: David SamsaLead: Meghan LinoAlternate: Pamela WilsonCoach: Rusty Schieber


2019 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2019 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2019 LGT World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from 16-24 March at the Silkeborg Sportscenter in Silkeborg, Denmark.


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship:


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Chelsea CareyThird: Sarah WilkesSecond: Dana FergusonLead: Rachelle BrownAlternate: Jill Officer


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Wang RuiSkip: Mei JieSecond: Yao Mingyue Lead: Ma JingyiAlternate: Zhang Lijun


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Madeleine DupontThird: Denise DupontSecond: Julie HøghLead: Lina KnudsenAlternate: Gabriella Qvist


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Oona KausteThird: Eszter JuhászSecond: Maija SalmiovirtaLead: Lotta ImmonenAlternate: Marjo Hippi


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Daniela JentschThird: Emira AbbesSecond: Klara-Hermine FommLead: Analena JentschAlternate: Mia Höhne


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Ikue KitazawaThird: Chiaki MatsumuraSkip: Seina NakajimaLead: Hasumi IshigookaAlternate: Emi Shimizu


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Iveta Staša-ŠaršūneThird: Santa BlumbergaSecond: Ieva KrustaLead: Evelīna BaroneAlternate: Tīna Siliņa


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Alina KovalevaThird: Anastasia BryzgalovaSecond: Galina ArsenkinaLead: Ekaterina KuzminaAlternate: Uliana Vasilyeva


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Sophie JacksonThird: Naomi BrownSecond: Mili SmithLead: Sophie SinclairAlternate: Lauren Gray


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Anna HasselborgThird: Sara McManusSecond: Agnes KnochenhauerLead: Sofia MabergsAlternate: Johanna Heldin


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Alina PätzSkip: Silvana TirinzoniSecond: Esther NeuenschwanderLead: Melanie BarbezatAlternate: Marisa Winkelhausen


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jamie SinclairThird: Sarah AndersonSecond: Taylor AndersonLead: Monica WalkerAlternate: Vicky Persinger


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams, WCT ranking
Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Round robin standings
^ This was the first time the Canadian women's team failed to reach the playoffs at the World Championships in twenty years.


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central European Standard Time (UTC+1:00).


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Round robin results, Draw 2
^Finland ran out of time, and therefore forfeited the match.


2019 World Women's Curling Championship, Round robin results, Draw 19
^U.S. Skip Jamie Sinclair was unable to play in this draw due to an injury sustained when she fell at the conclusion of her team's game earlier that day. Vice-Skip Sarah Anderson moved-up to skip and alternate Vicky Persinger played vice. Anderson's twin sister Taylor played her usual position of second as did lead Monica Walker.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship
The Netherlands won their first title after defeating Spain in the final.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship, Venues
Kumamoto region was entrusted with the organization of the World Championship. Additionally the Japanese Organizing Committee will have a venue in Tokyo in order to prepare for the 2020 Olympic Games. Kumamoto has had a lot of experience with handball tournaments, hosting the 1997 Men's World Championships.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship, Qualification
1. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finished within the top 5, they qualified for the World Championships. If they placed sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 21 June 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship, Draw, Seeding
The seeding was announced on 19 June 2019. As organizer, Japan had the right to choose their group.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship, Squads
Each team consisted of up to 28 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship, Preliminary round, Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams had scored the same number of points, the ranking was determined as follows:


2019 World Women's Handball Championship, Preliminary round, Tiebreakers
If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by IHF through drawing of lots.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship, Preliminary round, Tiebreakers
During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 applied to determine the provisional ranking of teams.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship, Final ranking
Team roster: Jessy Kramer, Laura van der Heijden, Debbie Bont, Lois Abbingh, Larissa Nusser, Danick Snelder, Bo van Wetering, Delaila Amega, Kelly Dulfer, Merel Freriks, Inger Smits, Martine Smeets, Angela Malestein, Rinka Duijndam, Tess Wester, Annick Lipman, Dione Housheer, Estavana Polman. Head Coach: Emmanuel Mayonnade.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship, Final ranking, All Star Team
The All Star Team and MVP was announced on 15 December 2019.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship squads
This article displays the squads for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship. Each team consisted of up to 28 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship squads
Age, club, caps and goals as of 30 November 2019.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group A, Norway
The squad was announced on 4 November 2019. On 11 December, Kristine Breistøl replaced Helene Gigstad Fauske in the squad.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group B, Denmark
The squad was announced on 18 October 2019. On 9 December, Mia Rej replaced Simone Böhme in the squad.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Hungary
A 28-player squad was announced on 3 November 2019. An 18-player squad was announced on 11 November 2019.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Montenegro
A 20-player squad was announced on 17 November 2019. A 17-player squad was revealed on 19 November 2019. The same day, the squad was reduced to 16 players, as it was announced that Ivona Pavićević would not participate, due to doping investigations.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Romania
An 18-player squad was announced on 7 November 2019. A final 17-player squad was revealed on 20 November 2019.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group C, Spain
A 17-player squad was announced on 6 November 2019. On 19 November 2019, Maitane Etxeberria replaced Carmen Martín in the squad due to a foot injury.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Russia
A 20-player squad was announced on 8 November 2019. On 20 November the squad was reduced to 18 players.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Group D, Sweden
An 18-player squad was announced on 22 October 2019. On 5 November 2019, Kristin Thorleifsdóttir replaced Sabina Jacobsen in the squad due to a knee injury. On 30 November, Jessica Ryde and Kristin Thorleifsdóttir were cut from the squad.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship squads, Statistics, Player representation by league system
In all, World Championship squad members play for clubs in 31 different countries.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification
The European qualification for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship, in Japan, was played over two rounds.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification
In the first round of qualification, 16 teams who were not participating at the 2018 European Championship were split into four groups. Each winner from the four groups and the best 2nd-placed team joined the remaining 12 teams from the European Championship and Austria as the second-best third-ranked team from the 2018 European Championship qualification and played play-offs to determine the nine qualifiers.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification, Qualification phase 1, Seeding
The draw was held on 24 June 2016. The winner from each group and the best second-ranked team advanced to the play-off round. Each group played their matches in a mini-tournament at a pre-selected location.


2019 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification, Qualification phase 2
The draw was held on 15 December 2018 at Paris. The teams played a home-and away series to determine the participants for the final tournament.


2019 World Women's Snooker Championship
The 2019 World Women's Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place at the Hi-End Snooker Club, Bangkok from 20 to 23 June 2019. Reanne Evans won the event with a 6–3 victory against Nutcharut Wongharuthai in the final. This was Evans' twelfth world championship victory.


2019 World Women's Snooker Championship, Participants
Participants had to be nominated by their national snooker federations. The top 30 players in the World Women's Snooker rankings following the Festival of Women's Snooker events were eligible, and national federations were each able to nominate up to eight further players.


2019 World Women's Snooker Championship, Participants
The event featured 53 players, from 14 different countries. There were twelve seeded players for the qualifying phase, with one drawn into each of the twelve qualifying groups.


2019 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying Groups
The group stage began 20 June. There were twelve groups, each with either four or five players. The top two qualifiers from each group proceeded into the knockout stage. Reanne Evans and Wendy Jans were the only two players not to lose a frame in qualifying and were seeded first and second respectively into the knockout stage. All of the original top twelve seeds qualified for the knockout.


2019 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Main draw knockout
Wendy Jans continued her good run from the qualifying groups with 4–0 wins over Arantxa Sanchis in the last 16 and Ploychompoo Laokiatphong to reach 17 frames won with none lost in the tournament to that point. Baipat Siripaporn fluked the pink and left herself with an easy pot on the black in the deciding frame of their quarter-final match to beat Rebecca Kenna 4–3. Defending champion Ng On-yee was also beaten in a quarter-final match, losing 1–4 to Nutcharut Wongharuthai. In the semi-finals,  Evans beat Baipat Siripaporn 5–3 and Wongharuthai beat Jans 5–2.


2019 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Main draw knockout
Evans beat Wongharuthai 6–3 in the final to win her twelfth World Women's Snooker Championship title, maintaining her record of never having lost in the final, and collected a prize of £6,000. An early day motion congratulating Evans on her win was tabled in the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Ian Austin, the Member of Parliament for Dudley North.


2019 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Main draw knockout
The highest break of the tournament was 92 by Evans.


2019 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Challenge Cup
So Man Yan won the Challenge Cup event for players who did not qualify for the knockout rounds of the main competition, beating Chitra Magimairaj 3–2 in the final.


2019 World Wrestling Championships
The 2019 World Wrestling Championships were held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from 14 September to 22 September 2019.


2019 World Wrestling Championships
The tournament served as qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the top six wrestlers from each category earned their NOCs a qualification.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 130 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 16 and 17 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 14 and 15 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 60 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 16 and 17 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 63 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 14 and 15 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 67 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 15 and 16 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 14 and 15 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 77 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 16 and 17 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 82 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 14 and 15 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 87 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on 15 and 16 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 15 and 16 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 125 kg
The men's freestyle 125 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 20 and 21 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 57 kg
The men's freestyle 57 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 19 and 20 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 61 kg
The men's freestyle 61 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 21 and 22 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 65 kg
The men's freestyle 65 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 19 and 20 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 70 kg
The men's freestyle 70 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 20 and 21 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg
The men's freestyle 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 20 and 21 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 79 kg
The men's freestyle 79 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 21 and 22 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 86 kg
The men's freestyle 86 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 21 and 22 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 92 kg
The men's freestyle 92 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 20 and 21 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg
The men's freestyle 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 21 and 22 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 50 kg
The women's freestyle 50 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 17 and 18 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 53 kg
The women's freestyle 53 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 17 and 18 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 55 kg
The women's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 17 and 18 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 57 kg
The women's freestyle 57 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 18 and 19 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg
The women's freestyle 59 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 18 and 19 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 62 kg
The women's freestyle 62 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 19 and 20 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 65 kg
The women's freestyle 65 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 18 and 19 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 68 kg
The women's freestyle 68 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 19 and 20 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg
The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 17 and 18 September.


2019 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 76 kg
The women's freestyle 76 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 18 and 19 September.


2019 World Wushu Championships
The 2019 World Wushu Championships was the 15th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Minhang Gymnasium in Shanghai, China from October 20 to October 23, 2019.


2019 World Wushu Championships, Medal summary, Creative group-set event
The results of this event were not added to the combined medal table of the championships.


2019 World Wushu Championships – Men's changquan
The men's changquan competition at the 2019 World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, China was held on 21 October at the Minhang Gymnasium.


2019 World Wushu Championships – Women's Taijijian
The women's taijijian competition at the 2019 World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, China was held on 20 October at the Minhang Gymnasium.


2019 World of Westgate 200
The 2019 World of Westgate 200 is a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on September 13, 2019, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Contested over 134 laps on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the 19th race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season, third race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 8.


2019 World of Westgate 200, Background, Track
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.


2019 World of Westgate 200, Practice
Stewart Friesen was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 30.061 seconds and a speed of 179.635 mph (289.095 km/h).


2019 World of Westgate 200, Qualifying
Christian Eckes scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.324 seconds and a speed of 178.077 mph (286.587 km/h).


2019 World of Westgate 200, Race, Summary
Christian Eckes started on pole. Grant Enfinger's truck began smoking due to an oil leak near the beginning of the race, ultimately ending his race and championship hopes. Stewart Friesen also had a problem as it appeared he lost a cylinder during Stage 1. Repairs to the truck put him two laps down. Ross Chastain took the lead from Eckes early on and won Stage 1.


2019 World of Westgate 200, Race, Summary
In Stage 2, a bizarre occurrence saw Johnny Sauter and Matt Crafton's trucks begin emitting fire simultaneously while they were on the same straightaway, sending them both to the garage. Crafton retired from the race, but Sauter later returned to the track. His truck started smoking shortly afterwards, ending his day for good. Afterwards, Ben Rhodes was the only ThorSport Racing driver whose truck's engine hadn't failed. Chastain continued his lead and won Stage 2.


2019 World of Westgate 200, Race, Summary
In the closing laps, Austin Hill stayed out while rest of the field pitted, but he pitted during the final caution for tires. Hill made up lost track position, hunting down Chastain and taking the lead with 12 laps remaining. He remained ahead of Chastain and won the race. With Enfinger's playoff hopes already gone, Tyler Ankrum (who entered the race below the cutoff line) barely topped Sauter for the sixth and final spot due to his 11th-place finish, eliminating Sauter from the playoffs.


2019 World of Westgate 200, Race, Final Stage Results
. – Driver advanced to the next round of the playoffs.


2019 World's Best Racehorse Rankings
The 2019 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, sponsored by Longines was the 2019 edition of the World's Best Racehorse Rankings. It was an assessment of Thoroughbred racehorses issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) on 22 January 2020. It included horses aged three or older which competed in flat races during 2019. It was open to all horses irrespective of where they raced or were trained.


2019 World's Best Racehorse Rankings
For the first time the rankings saw a three-way tie for first place between the European five-year-olds Crystal Ocean, Enable and Waldgeist. The top rating of 128 was the lowest in the history of the rankings. The top-rated three-year-old fillies Covfefe and Gran Alegria failed to make the top 100.


2019 World's Strongest Man
The 2019 World's Strongest Man was the 42nd edition of the World's Strongest Man competition. It took place in Bradenton, Florida between June 13 and 16. Four-time champion Zydrunas Savickas did not take part this year due to injury. Martins Licis of the United States won the competition for the first time in his career. Mateusz Kieliszkowski of Poland finished second for the second year in a row. Defending champion Hafthor Julius Bjornsson of Iceland finished third, having suffered a torn plantar fascia during the qualifying heats that hampered him throughout the finals.


2019 World's Strongest Man, Heat Results, Format
There are five competitors per group. After four events, the competitor with the highest score qualifies for the final. The competitors in second and third place take part in the Last Man Standing event, which comprises lifting an Atlas Stone over a yoke.


2019 World's Ultimate Strongman
The 2019 World's Ultimate Strongman took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates between October 24th and 25th. The winner of the inaugural World's Ultimate Strongman Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson did not partake this year due to taking a small break from competing. 2019 World's Strongest Man Martins Licis also did not partake due to injury. The competition had four-time World's Strongest Man Žydrūnas Savickas as a referee; 2017 World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall and 2016 Europe's Strongest Man Laurence Shahlaei were commentators of the event.


2019 World's Ultimate Strongman
This years event was held over two days with first day consisting of only one event; the max deadlift. This event was performed with the Burj Khalifa in the background. The second day and the remainder of the events were performed at the Meydan Racecourse. This is also where the athletes were staying for the competition.


2019 Worthing Borough Council election
The 2019 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. A third of the council was up for election, meaning a total of 11 councillors were elected from council's wards, there being no election in Durrington and Northbrook in this cycle.


2019 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle
The 2019 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle was the first Wrestling World Cup in 2019 which took place in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia on March 16–17 2019. This event took place in the main indoor of Triumph Gymnastics Center, which take Russian nationals 2016.


2019 Wrestling World Cup - Women's freestyle
The 2019 Wrestling World Cup - Women's freestyle was the first of a set of three Wrestling World Cups in 2019 which were held in Narita, Japan on 16–17 November 2019.


2019 Wuhan International Tournament
The 2019 Wuhan International Tournament (Chinese: 2019年武汉国际女足锦标赛) was an invitational women's football tournament held in Wuhan, Hubei, China.


2019 Wuhan International Tournament, Goalscorers
There have been 12 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.


2019 Wuhan Open
The 2019 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2019 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 22–28, 2019. It was the 6th edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.


2019 Wuhan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:


2019 Wuhan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2019 Wuhan Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Wuhan Open – Doubles
Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Schuurs teamed up with Anna-Lena Grönefeld, but lost in the semifinals to Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka.


2019 Wuhan Open – Doubles
Duan Yingying and Veronika Kudermetova won the title, defeating Mertens and Sabalenka in the final, 7–6(7–3), 6–2.


2019 Wuhan Open – Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2019 Wuhan Open – Singles
Aryna Sabalenka was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Alison Riske in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1.


2019 Wuhan Open – Singles
Ashleigh Barty retained the WTA No. 1 singles ranking at the end of the tournament. Karolína Plíšková was also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament.


2019 Wuhan Open – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


2019 Wuhan Open – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 Wuhan Zall F.C. season
The 2019 Wuhan Zall F.C. season was Wuhan Zall's first season in the Chinese Super League since it started in the 2004 season, and their first season in the top flight of Chinese football. During this season, Wuhan Zall participated in the Chinese Super League and Chinese FA Cup.


2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by sixth-year coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium as a member of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference.


2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Previous season
The Cowboys finished the 2018 season 6–6, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in third place in the Mountain Division. Despite being bowl eligible, the Cowboys were not invited to a bowl game.


2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team, 2019 recruiting class
The Cowboys announced an early signing class of 18 high school student athletes on December 19, 2018. On January 28, 2019, the Cowboys added Levi Williams to their recruiting class. The Cowboys completed their recruiting class by adding five more recruits on February 6.


2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Preseason
Wyoming held their annual Brown and Gold Game on April 27. The Gold Team featured the No. 1 offense, while the Brown Team featured the No. 1 Defense. The Gold Team won, 14–9.


2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
Mountain West media days were held on July 23 and 24 at the Comsopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip.


2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
Wyoming was picked to finish fourth in the Mountain Division in the Mountain West preseason poll.


2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Statistics, Defense
Key: SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FF: Forced Fumbles, FR: Fumbles Recovered, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties


2019 Wyre Borough Council election
Council elections for the Borough of Wyre were held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections.


2019 Wyre Borough Council election
All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day are entitled to vote in the local elections.


2019 Wyre Forest District Council election
The 2019 Wyre Forest District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, England. They were held on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Wyre Forest District Council election, Background
At the previous election, the Conservative Party had control with 21 councillors with the closest party being the Labour Party who had 4 councillors.


2019 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives lost their majority by losing 7 councillors taking their number to 14, while Health Concern and independent councillors made substantial gains while Labour halved their number of councillors from 4 to 2. Vicky Caulfield was the only Green Party Councillor to be elected in the district.


2019 Wyre Forest District Council election, Ward results, Aggborough & Spennells
Helen Elizabeth Dyke, Peter Dyke and John Cedric Aston were elected.


2019 Wyre Forest District Council election, Ward results, Areley Kings & Riverside
Claire June Barnett, John William Roland Thomas and Ken Henderson were elected.


2019 Wyre Forest District Council election, Ward results, Bewdley & Rock
Anna Coleman, Calne Elaine Edinton-White and Roger Hugh Coleman were elected.


2019 Wyre Forest District Council election, Ward results, Blakebrook & Habberley South
Tracey Onslow, Vicky Caulfield and Leigh Andrew John Robert Whitehouse.


2019 Wyre Forest District Council election, Ward results, Broadwaters
Mary Alice Rayner, Peter Winston Montgomery Young and Sarah Elizabeth Nicole Rook were elected.


2019 Wyre Forest District Council election, Ward results, Foley Park & Hoobrook
Nathan John Desmond, Sally Jane Chambers and Nicky Gale were elected.


2019 Wyre Forest District Council election, Ward results, Franche & Habberley North
Susie Griffiths, Graham William Ballinger and Anna Louise L'Huillier were elected.


2019 Wyre Forest District Council election, Ward results, Mitton
Nicky Martin, Chris Rogers and Berenice Susan Dawes were elected.


2019 Wyre Forest District Council election, Ward results, Offmore & Comberton
Frances Mary Oborski, Shazu Miah and Alan John Totty were elected.


2019 Wyre Forest District Council election, Ward results, Wyre Forest Rural
Ian David Hardiman, Marcus John Hart and Lisa Joan Jones were elected.


2019 XS
2019 XS is a small Apollo near-Earth asteroid discovered on 2 December 2019 by the Mount Lemmon Survey in Arizona, United States. It will pass 1.5 LD (580,000 km; 360,000 mi) from Earth on 9 November 2021 at 03:48 UTC, during which observations will be checked by the International Asteroid Warning Network for timing accuracy.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion
On 21 March 2019, a major explosion occurred at a chemical plant in Chenjiagang Chemical Industry Park, Chenjiagang, Xiangshui County, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China. According to reports published on March 25, 78 people were killed and 617 injured.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion
The State Council of China officially recognized the severity of the accident, often referred to as "3.21 Explosive Accident".


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Background
The facility—located in Yancheng's industrial park—was operated by Tianjiayi Chemical (江苏天嘉宜化工有限公司), and was used to produce fertilizer or pesticides. Some sources reported that the plant produced organic chemicals, including some highly flammable compounds. Tianjiayi Chemical had previously been penalized six times for infractions of pollution and waste management laws, and China Daily reported fines over safety issues. This plant has had previous fires and deaths since there is not a government program to keep chemical plants like this one up to standard to prevent future disasters.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Background
According to the South China Morning Post, this plant paid bribes, paid journalists and local officials so this chemical plant could remain open without any negative publicity or reasons to shut down. This information comes from an engineer who helped to create this plant and other similar plants who have disregarded multiple safety regulations. Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping and State Council premier Li Keqiang are "demanding the government to shut down these chemical firms when they do not comply to safety regulations it is so disregarded".


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Background
On 27 November 2007, an explosion occurred in one of the chemical factories in Chenjiagang Chemical Zone (陈家港生态化工园区), with seven killed and around 50 injured. On 23 November 2010, more than thirty were poisoned by a toxic gas release. In the early morning of 11 February 2011, rumors of toxic chemical release and potential imminent explosions in the Chenjiagang Chemical Industry Park led over ten thousand residents to evacuate in panic from the towns of Chenjiagang and Shuanggang (双港镇) during which four people died and many were injured. On the afternoon of May 18 and again on July 26 in 2011, there were explosions at local factories.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Explosion
The March 2019 explosion occurred at a local time of 14:48 (06:48 GMT). 78 people were killed, and at least 94 were severely injured, 32 of whom were critically injured. Around 640 people required hospital treatment and were taken to 16 hospitals. The injured included children at a local kindergarten. CENC detected an ML2.2 artificial earthquake whose epicenter is at .


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Explosion
The force of the blast started numerous fires in Yancheng, knocked down several buildings, and reportedly destroyed windows several kilometers away. The fire was reported to have been controlled by 03:00 local time. Considerable damage was caused to nearby factories and offices; the roof of Henglida Chemical Factory, 3 km from the explosion, fell in. At least one of the people killed was in another building destroyed by the blast.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Explosion
Windows are reported to have been blown out up to 6 km away from the explosion, and houses and other buildings were damaged in the nearby village-level administrative divisions including Hai'an Town (Haianju) (海安社区) and Shadang (沙荡社区). This explosion was strong enough that it registered on earthquake sensors and could be seen by satellites. The blast created a crater resulting in a magnitude 2.2 seismic shock that took over 900 firefighters to get the fire under control.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Explosion, Aftermath
The search for survivors was ongoing on 23 March; one survivor was rescued from the site on the morning of 23 March, but 25 of the 28 people earlier reported missing were found dead. According to the Jiangsu environmental protection bureau, the monitored levels of benzene, toluene, and xylene in the area were not abnormal, and levels of acetone and chloroform outside the explosion area were within normal limits.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Explosion, Aftermath
However, according to the South China Morning Post article entitled "Devastation at blast site after China chemical plant explosion leaves at least 64 dead, 640 injured" discusses the point of the surrounding three rivers were polluted with exceedingly levels of dichloroethane and dichloromethane by 2.8x and 8.4x of the national water quality standards. The 170 meter wide crater and two meters deep requires it to be filled in along with neutralizing the soil to prevent contamination to the surrounding community. "This chemical plant was flattened along with the surrounding 16 factories also have varying degrees of damage" per the South China Morning Post.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Explosion, Aftermath
The precise cause of the explosion is not yet known. There were no reports of anything abnormal at the plant before the explosion. A worker at the plant has reported the cause was a fire in a natural gas tanker that spread to benzoyl storage tank, but this has not been confirmed.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Explosion, Aftermath
According to Radio Free Asia, during the disaster, the local government used anti-drone technology to stop drones being used by journalists. The local government prevented outside media from entering the disaster area and hospitals to conduct interviews. Interviews were only granted to some in the Chinese media.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Explosion, Aftermath
On 4 April 2019, the Standing Committee of the Yancheng Committee of the Communist Party of China had a meeting at which it was decided to definitively close down the Xiangshui Chemical Industry Park.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Explosion, Aftermath
On 15 November , the State Council approved the investigation report, presented by the investigation team of the State Council. The report asserts the explosion accident being a serious production safety accident: there was a long-term practice of illegal storage of hazardous waste, resulting in spontaneous combustion and explosion.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Explosion, Aftermath
The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervisory Commission issued warnings to Fan Jinlong and Fei Gaoyun, Jiangsu Provincial People's Government executive deputy governor and deputy governor, respectively. At the same time, investigations and criminal charges filed against 44 enterprises and executives, for illegal storage of dangerous substances, significant violations of labor safety measures, environmental pollution, and forgery of certification documents.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Explosion, Controversy
Washington Post  and the Financial Times recently reported about dissatisfaction and criticism of the Internet censorship growing around this accident, where many news articles and social media posts were deleted.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Explosion, Controversy
According to Radio Free Asia, the local government dispatched drone jamming equipment and shot down drones used for aerial photography. The government also banned foreign media from entering the disaster area, and conducting interviews with hospitals.


2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion, Explosion, Controversy
The "Beijing News" ridiculed the local government for enforcing the principle of "prevent fire, prevent theft, and prevent journalists".


2019 Yadanarbon F.C. season, 2019 Players squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Yadanarbon F.C. season, 2019 Players squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Yadanarbon F.C. season, 2019 Players squad, Transfer In
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Yadanarbon F.C. season, 2019 Players squad, Transfer Out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Yala attack
On 6 November 2019, fifteen people were killed and another five injured in an attack on a security checkpoint in Yala Province, Thailand. Among the dead and injured were a police officer and many village defense volunteers. A total of ten men and five women died in the attack, making it the largest loss of village defense forces in a single attack during the South Thailand insurgency.


2019 Yala attack
The attack resulted in the looting of eight guns that the victims possessed, including one M16, two shotguns, and five pistols. To disrupt the efforts of the officers tracking them, the attackers had sprinkled sailboat nails, cut down trees, and burned tires on roads during the attack.


2019 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 2019 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The season marked the Bulldogs's 147th overall season. The team played its home games at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by eighth-year head coach Tony Reno. They were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to share the Ivy League title with Dartmouth.


2019 Yale Bulldogs football team, Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the 2018 season 5–5, 3–4 in Ivy League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.


2019 Yale Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in first place.


2019 Yamagata earthquake
An earthquake measuring 6.4 Mw struck primarily the Hokuriku region centered on Tsuruoka, Yamagata in Japan, on 18 June 2019 at 10:22 p.m. JST (13:22 UTC). A tsunami warning was also issued. The event has been officially called the Yamagata-ken Oki jishin (山形県沖地震, "Yamagata Offshore Earthquake").


2019 Yamagata earthquake, Geology
The northwestern side of Honshu lies on the southeastern margin of the Sea of Japan, an area of oceanic crust created by back-arc spreading from the late Oligocene to middle Miocene. The extensional tectonics associated with the spreading formed a series of N-S trending extensional faults and associated basins. The crust in this area is subjected to east-west compression associated with the convergent boundary between the Amur Plate and the Okhotsk Plate. As a result of this strain, the north-south trending extensional faults are reactivated in a reverse sense. The 1964 Niigata earthquake, the 1983 Sea of Japan earthquake, and the 1993 Hokkaidō earthquake were all a result of similar processes.


2019 Yamagata earthquake, Damage and effects
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake triggered a tsunami advisory for three prefectures in Japan. A tsunami with a height of 10 cm was reported in Niigata. The earthquake damaged a total of 149 homes in Akita, Niigata, and Yamagata prefectures.


2019 Yamagata earthquake, Damage and effects, Casualties
26 people were reported to be injured, mostly by fallen debris.


2019 Yamagata earthquake, Damage and effects, Transportation
Sections of the Nihonkai-Tōhoku Expressway and Yamagata Expressway were closed by the East Nippon Expressway Company. National Route 345 was blocked by fallen debris in Murakami.


2019 Yamagata earthquake, Damage and effects, Utilities
Tohoku Electric Power announced that a blackout occurred in parts of Yamagata and Niigata prefectures because of the earthquake, with 1000 customers impacted in Tsuruoka and 200 customers impacted in Sakata. Gas services were interrupted in Niigata Prefecture as a safety measure.


2019 Yamagata earthquake, Seismic intensity
This chart describes the maximum perceived shaking using the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale, or Shindo scale, for the earthquake throughout the impacted area.


2019 Yamanashi gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 27 January 2019 to elect the next Governor of Yamanashi.


2019 Yangon United F.C. season
The 2019 season is Yangon United's 10th season in the Myanmar National League since 2009.


2019 Yangon United F.C. season, 2019 First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Yangon United F.C. season, Transfer, Transfer In
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Yangon United F.C. season, Transfer, Transfer Out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Yas Island Formula 2 round
The 2019 Yas Island Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 30 November and 1 December 2019 at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the twelfth and final round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.


2019 Yasar Dogu Tournament
The 47th Yasar Dogu Tournament 2019, was a wrestling event held in Istanbul, Turkey between 11 and 14 July 2019.


2019 Yasar Dogu Tournament
This international tournament includes competition in both men's and women's freestyle wrestling. This ranking tourment was held in honor of the two time Olympic Champion, Yaşar Doğu.


2019 Yasar Dogu Tournament
From Jordan Burroughs and Frank Chamizo to Taha Akgül and Yasemin Adar, the Bağcılar Olympic Sports Hall in Istanbul welcomes the greats of Turkish and international wrestling. Some 300 freestyle wrestlers from 35 countries are competing for the top title in the 47th Yaşar Doğu International Wrestling Tournament. Dedicated to the renowned world and Olympic champion who died in 1961, the Yaşar Doğu tournament is an opportunity for wrestlers from around the world to rise in the world rankings in the last point-earning event of the season.


2019 Yau Tsim Mong District Council election
The 2019 Yau Tsim Mong District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 20 members to the Yau Tsim Mong District Council.


2019 Yau Tsim Mong District Council election
The pro-Beijing parties suffered major setbacks in the election amid the massive pro-democracy protests, while a pro-democracy local political group Community March emerged as the largest party in the council with the pro-democrats controlling the council for the first time.


2019 Ykkönen
The 2019 Ykkönen was the 48th season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season started on 27 April 2019. The winning team was qualified promoted to the 2020 Veikkausliiga, while the second-placed team played a play-off against the eleventh-placed team from Veikkausliiga to decide who would play in that division. The bottom team was relegated to Kakkonen.


2019 Ykkönen, Overview
A total of ten teams contested in the league, including six sides from the 2018 season, TPS was relegated from Veikkausliiga and MYPA, MuSa and TPV who were promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.


2019 Yobe State gubernatorial election
The 2019 Yobe State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019, the APC nominee Mai Mala Buni won the election, defeating Umar Iliya Damagum of the PDP.


2019 Yobe State gubernatorial election
Mai Mala Buni emerged APC gubernatorial candidate after scoring 2,797 votes and defeating his closest rival, Sidi Karasuwa who received 23 votes. He picked Idi Barde Gubana as his running mate. Umar Iliya Damagum was the PDP candidate with Baba Abba Aji as his running mate. 13 candidates contested in the election.


2019 Yobe State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Yobe State is elected using the plurality voting system.


2019 Yobe State gubernatorial election, Primary election, APC primary
The APC primary election was held on September 30, 2018. Mai Mala Buni won the primary election polling 2,797 votes against 3 other candidates. His closest rival was Sidi Karasuwa, who came second with 23 votes, Umar Ali came third with 8 votes, while Aji Kolo had 4 votes.


2019 Yobe State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary
The PDP primary election was held on September 30, 2018. Umar Iliya Damagum emerged as the consensus candidate after his closest rival was Umar Elgash Maina withdrew.


2019 Yobe State gubernatorial election, Results
A total number of 13 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.


2019 Yobe State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,365,913, while 546,391 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 560,492, while number of valid votes was 546,391. Rejected votes were 14,101.


2019 Yobe State gubernatorial election, Results, By local government area
Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 546,391 represents the 13 political parties that participated in the election.Blue represents LGAs won by Mai Mala Buni. Green represents LGAs won by Umar Iliya Damagum.


2019 Yokkaichi Challenger
The 2019 Yokkaichi Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Yokkaichi, Japan between 5 and 11 August 2019.


2019 Yokkaichi Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Yokkaichi Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2019 Yokkaichi Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Yokkaichi Challenger – Doubles
Nam Ji-sung and Song Min-kyu won the title after defeating Gong Maoxin and Zhang Ze 6–3, 3–6, [14–12] in the final.


2019 Yokkaichi Challenger – Singles
Yūichi Sugita won the title after defeating James Duckworth 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–1) in the final.


2019 Yongchuan International Tournament
The 2019 Yongchuan International Tournament (Chinese: 2019年茶山竹海杯永川国际女子足球邀请赛) was the 5th edition of the Yongchuan International Tournament, an invitational women's football tournament held in Yongchuan District, Chongqing, China. Unlike the previous editions of the tournament where each team played all the other teams, 2019 tournament was played in bracket format where the winners of the first round played each other and the losers of the first round played each other to determine the standings.


2019 York9 FC season
The 2019 York9 FC season is the first season in the club's history, as well as first season in Canadian Premier League history.


2019 York9 FC season, Transfers, In, Draft picks
York9 FC selected the following players in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 12, 2018. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.


2019 Yorkshire Cup
The 2019 Yorkshire Cup competition was a pre season knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire.


2019 Yorkshire Cup, Background
The original Yorkshire Cup was scrapped in 1993 due to fixture congestion after being played every year since 1905. In late 2018, a group of lower league Yorkshire based clubs resurrected the Yorkshire Cup as a pre-season tournament to add more interest and intensity to pre-season. The eight founding clubs of the 'new' Yorkshire Cup were; Batley, Bradford, Dewsbury, Featherstone, Halifax, Huslet, York and amateur club Hunslet Club Parkside.